clavicular shared messages with his alleged accuser. here's what we know and what we don't.

chat, we are now in the part of the arc where private messages become public documents. according to yahoo, clavicular has responded to the rape lawsuit by sharing what he says are messages between himself and the alleged accuser. new layer just dropped.

what he shared. per the yahoo report, clavicular released what he claims are direct messages with the alleged accuser. the clip shows nothing independently verified. the content of those messages has not been confirmed by any third party. his camp appears to be framing them as exculpatory.

what the charges actually say. per court records reported by wdam-tv, abc news, cnn, and others, clavicular faces charges of drugging and raping a 17-year-old in massachusetts. those charges are the foundation of this lawsuit. sharing messages doesn't address the court record.

what legal experts are saying. people magazine ran an exclusive with a legal expert who reportedly noted that the massachusetts charges are serious and the evidence situation is complicated. separately, the fox news attorney who previously called this a 'close call' for prosecutors has not, per any report, weighed in on the message release specifically.

what the alleged accuser's side has said. nothing on record in response to the message release, as of this report. alorah ziva filed a second civil lawsuit in miami-dade on september 23rd. neither she nor her legal team has publicly addressed the messages clavicular shared, per available reporting.

what we don't know. we don't know the full content of the messages. we don't know when they were sent. we don't know whether they were provided to investigators. we don't know whether releasing them while a criminal case is pending is wise, and frankly nobody we've seen quoted has said it is.

the number that keeps coming up. yahoo also ran a net worth piece pegging clavicular at roughly $300k. whether that figure is accurate is unclear, but the 'your money' comment he made earlier this week is doing a lot of work in that framing, allegedly.

anyway. messages as pr strategy is a choice someone made.